1533: Henry VIII of England married Anne Boleyn
1810: Clarina Nichols born
1852: Zilpha Drew Smith born
1858: Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Victoria, married Frederick William, the Crown Prince of Prussia, as Mendelssohn's Wedding March played, starting a custom
1871: Maud Wood Park born
1882: Virginia Woolf born
1907: Isabella Beecher Hooker died
1933: Corazon Aquino born
1949: Axis Sally stood trial in the United States -- an American charged with broadcasting Nazi propaganda.
1972: Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the U.S. Presidency.
Saint's Day: Dwynwn
Quote for Today
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The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
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